Offerings & Events
Communion, ceremony, and enlightenment are integral to the healing path.
We believe that being with and having others be with us is profoundly powerful.
In community, we are lean into and transform in ways that we cannot — or don’t want to — do alone.
In collaboration with our community of healers, practitioners, and guides Shelterwood Collective offers:
Gatherings & Experiences to cultivate connection, creativity, and vitality
Process & Therapy Groups to foster brave, support spaces for communal grow
Workshops & Trainings to raise awareness and deepen learning
Rituals & Retreats to protect sacred space to integrate mind, body, and spirit
We invite you to gather, commune, and grow with us.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Good Grief
A healing space to share and process your grief. All types of loss are welcome. Drawing from the creative arts, drama therapy, ritual, and somatic practices, this 6-week, in person group container offers a unique alternative to healing that privileges authentic expression.
Creative Healers Hub
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.
Death Cafe
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Death is something we all share, yet we rarely get the chance to talk about it openly. The Seattle Death Cafe is a cozy, welcoming space where we gather, with tea and treats, to speak freely about death, dying, and what it means to be human.
Community Paddle + Networking Group
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A supportive outdoor gathering for therapists and helping professionals to connect, decompress, and build community. We meet twice a month at Juanita Beach Park in Kirkland for conversation, fresh air, and optional paddleboarding or kayaking in a relaxed, welcoming environment.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Neurodivergent Affirming Kid & Teen Therapists' Peer Consult Group
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
This monthly Washington Neurodivergent Affirming Kid & Teen Therapists' Peer Consult Group is facilitated by Chessie Snider & Jen John. If you're a Child-Centered Play Therapist, Synergetic Play Therapist, TF-CBT Therapist, EMDR therapist, or Child-Parent Relationship Therapist or other modality, this is for you.
Making Space
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
A monthly open studio offering a relaxed, drop-in space to gather, create, and connect over art. Optional art-therapy–inspired prompts available. Supplies provided.
Community Paddle + Networking Group
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A supportive outdoor gathering for therapists and helping professionals to connect, decompress, and build community. We meet twice a month at Juanita Beach Park in Kirkland for conversation, fresh air, and optional paddleboarding or kayaking in a relaxed, welcoming environment.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Community Paddle + Networking Group
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A supportive outdoor gathering for therapists and helping professionals to connect, decompress, and build community. We meet twice a month at Juanita Beach Park in Kirkland for conversation, fresh air, and optional paddleboarding or kayaking in a relaxed, welcoming environment.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Creative Healers Hub
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.
Neurodivergent Affirming Kid & Teen Therapists' Peer Consult Group
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
This monthly Washington Neurodivergent Affirming Kid & Teen Therapists' Peer Consult Group is facilitated by Chessie Snider & Jen John. If you're a Child-Centered Play Therapist, Synergetic Play Therapist, TF-CBT Therapist, EMDR therapist, or Child-Parent Relationship Therapist or other modality, this is for you.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Thresholds: Become an Approved Supervisor Training
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
Join seasoned clinicians, supervisors, and educators Abby Wong-Heffter and Nicole Greenwald for a two-day, immersive experience that centers an embodied, communal approach to becoming a Washington approved supervisor. Our 15 credit hour training goes beyond the legal and practical components to provide a development framework and embodied practice of supervision, consultation, and mentorship.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Creative Healers Hub
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.
Neurodivergent Affirming Kid & Teen Therapists' Peer Consult Group
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
This monthly Washington Neurodivergent Affirming Kid & Teen Therapists' Peer Consult Group is facilitated by Chessie Snider & Jen John. If you're a Child-Centered Play Therapist, Synergetic Play Therapist, TF-CBT Therapist, EMDR therapist, or Child-Parent Relationship Therapist or other modality, this is for you.
Maiden to Mother:A Matrescence Mini Retreat
IN PERSON | FOR MOTHERS
A restorative and contemplative mini retreat honoring matrescence and the transformative power of stepping into motherhood.
Creative Healers Hub
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.
Creative Healers Hub
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.
Community Paddle + Networking Group
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A supportive outdoor gathering for therapists and helping professionals to connect, decompress, and build community. We meet twice a month at Juanita Beach Park in Kirkland for conversation, fresh air, and optional paddleboarding or kayaking in a relaxed, welcoming environment.
Making Space
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
A monthly open studio offering a relaxed, drop-in space to gather, create, and connect over art. Optional art-therapy–inspired prompts available. Supplies provided.
Neurodivergent Affirming Kid & Teen Therapists' Peer Consult Group
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
This monthly Washington Neurodivergent Affirming Kid & Teen Therapists' Peer Consult Group is facilitated by Chessie Snider & Jen John. If you're a Child-Centered Play Therapist, Synergetic Play Therapist, TF-CBT Therapist, EMDR therapist, or Child-Parent Relationship Therapist or other modality, this is for you.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Community Paddle + Networking Group
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A supportive outdoor gathering for therapists and helping professionals to connect, decompress, and build community. We meet twice a month at Juanita Beach Park in Kirkland for conversation, fresh air, and optional paddleboarding or kayaking in a relaxed, welcoming environment.
Creative Healers Hub
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Community Paddle + Networking Group
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A supportive outdoor gathering for therapists and helping professionals to connect, decompress, and build community. We meet twice a month at Juanita Beach Park in Kirkland for conversation, fresh air, and optional paddleboarding or kayaking in a relaxed, welcoming environment.
Art Walk | Chrysalis
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Please join us in The Apothecary for Chrysalis. This group exhibition, featuring work by Austyn McCall, Sarah Kelley, Serrah Russell, and Soo Hong explores themes of transition, thresholds and becomings.
Making Space
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
A monthly open studio offering a relaxed, drop-in space to gather, create, and connect over art. Optional art-therapy–inspired prompts available. Supplies provided.
Neurodivergent Affirming Kid & Teen Therapists' Peer Consult Group
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
This monthly Washington Neurodivergent Affirming Kid & Teen Therapists' Peer Consult Group is facilitated by Chessie Snider & Jen John. If you're a Child-Centered Play Therapist, Synergetic Play Therapist, TF-CBT Therapist, EMDR therapist, or Child-Parent Relationship Therapist or other modality, this is for you.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
The Grove: A Community Reading Circle
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
The Grove is curated by collective member, Jill Arndt. Jill is a mental health therapist in Fremont, Seattle. She specializes in working with relationships. She is excited to offer this circle to the community as a fellow journeyer in life! Books offer a space for us to connect and to process (or simply be) with others in the daunting questions we often face as humans who are constantly in relationship with ourselves and others.
Resource Share | Multi-State Licensure
FOR MEMBERS | VIRTUAL
Are you a licensed mental health clinician ready to expand your practice beyond your home state? Whether you're responding to client demand, embracing telehealth's reach, or building a more resilient business, obtaining licensure in multiple states is one of the most strategic moves you can make — and one of the most misunderstood. Facilitated by Christine Suffield, a clinician licensed in 6 states herself, this space will break down the complex, state-by-state landscape of mental health licensure into actionable steps you can actually use.
Open for Business
VIRTUAL | EVERYONE
Open for Business is a workshop designed for coaches, healers, and lightworkers who keep hitting the same invisible walls in their business…and feeling burned out.
Creative Healers Hub
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.
Shelterwood Collective Annual Co-Op & Summer Solstice Gathering
IN PERSON | FOR MEMBERS
Join us for Shelterwood's 15th anniversary on the summer solstice! We'll gather at Pritchard Beach Bath House to honor 15 years, share stories and dreams, and celebrate what we've built together. Members and loved ones welcome — in person or virtually.
Rooted Reflections Tarot
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
A monthly tarot offering with intuitive guide Nicole Busacca. These one-on-one sessions are an invitation to slow down, tune in, and connect with your inner knowing through the supportive lens of the tarot.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
Skillshare | Therapeutic Potential of Holotropic Breathwork
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This workshop, facilitated by Drew Alt, introduces the therapeutic potential of Holotropic Breathwork, exploring how expanded states of consciousness can support healing, insight, and transformation. Designed for practitioners and healers, this skillshare offers a broader map of the psyche—including biographical, perinatal, and transpersonal dimensions—and invites participants to consider the value of direct experience in understanding this work. Participants will gain practical insight into preparation and integration, and learn how to connect with facilitators offering this work.
The Clinic | Walking Each Other Home
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
Facilitated by Gitika Talwar, this workshop introduces the idea of “healer-initiated peer support groups,” a hybrid framework designed to equip you with the values, skills and creative ideas to co-create liberatory peer support groups. This offering will equip practitioners and laypersons with the values and skills to create healing spaces and co-create an ecosystem for liberation.
Art Walk | Chrysalis
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Please join us in The Apothecary for Chrysalis. This group exhibition, featuring work by Austyn McCall, Sarah Kelley, Serrah Russell, and Soo Hong explores themes of transition, thresholds and becomings.
Making Space
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
A monthly open studio offering a relaxed, drop-in space to gather, create, and connect over art, snacks, and drinks. Optional art-therapy–inspired prompts available. Supplies provided.
Consult Circle with Shelley Green
VIRTUAL | FOR MEMBERS
This bi-weekly virtual consult group offers a consistent, relational space for psychotherapists and mental health counselors to reflect on clinical work, integrate perspective, and reduce professional isolation. Facilitated by Shelley Green, this group emphasizes ethical practice, thoughtful case consultation, and collaborative learning within a supportive, non-evaluative container. Members are welcome to attend regularly or drop in as needed, creating an accessible commons for ongoing clinical support.
The Grove: A Community Reading Circle
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
The Grove is curated by collective member, Jill Arndt. Jill is a mental health therapist in Fremont, Seattle. She specializes in working with relationships. She is excited to offer this circle to the community as a fellow journeyer in life! Books offer a space for us to connect and to process (or simply be) with others in the daunting questions we often face as humans who are constantly in relationship with ourselves and others.
Neurodivergent Affirming Kid & Teen Therapists' Peer Consult Group
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
This monthly Washington Neurodivergent Affirming Kid & Teen Therapists' Peer Consult Group is facilitated by Chessie Snider & Jen John. If you're a Child-Centered Play Therapist, Synergetic Play Therapist, TF-CBT Therapist, EMDR therapist, or Child-Parent Relationship Therapist or other modality, this is for you.
Death Cafe
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
Death is something we all share, yet we rarely get the chance to talk about it openly. The Seattle Death Cafe is a cozy, welcoming space where we gather, with tea and treats, to speak freely about death, dying, and what it means to be human.
Creative Healers Hub
IN PERSON | FOR PRACTITIONERS
A monthly, in-person gathering space for healers, creatives and activists who are actively pursuing the infusion of creativity and healing in their professional work. This is a free community offering from Return to the Table, a collaboration between Melissa Deeken & Soodeh Montazeri.
Greenhouse: Core Values
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
Clarify and embody your core values in this 90-minute experiential workshop. Walk away with grounded decision-making, more aligned leadership, and a regenerative relationship to your business—rooted in integrity, not urgency.
What We Carry: A Community Grief Circle
IN PERSON | FOR EVERYONE
In this two-hour circle, we will co-create a container for the grief that lives in our bodies and hearts: grief for personal losses and grief for the state of our world. We will weave together explorations of grief through movement and somatic practices, poetry, song, and sharing and deep listening.